ASBS Conferences & Meetings

Notice of 2017 Conference

The Society's conference will be held in Adelaide, South Australia in November 2017. It is likely to be a joint meeting with the Society of Australian Systematic Biologists. More details will be posted here as they become available.

Last General Meeting of the Society

Monday 26 September 2016, 4:30 PM

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Alice Springs, NT, Australia

Last ASBS Conference

25–29 September 2016, Alice Springs, Australia

The "Systematic Botany—A view from the Centre" conference was held in Alice Springs, Australia in late September 2016. The conference sessions were held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel. The plenary speaker was Prof. Mark Chase of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.

History of ASBS Meetings and Conferences

Month Year

Location

Conference Title

Associated groups and meetings

Annual General Meeting Number

Newsletter where published

Burbidge lecture

Newsletter where published

Nov-Dec 2015

Canberra, Australia

Building Our Botanical Capital

37

165: 4–24

Gintaras Kantvilas
(on behalf of Jack Elix)

165: 33–43

Nov 2014

Palmerston North, New Zealand

Next-generation Systematics

36

161: 3-17

Peter Weston

161: 31-34

Dec 2013

Sydney, NSW

Systematics Without Borders

Invertebrate Biodiversity & Conservation and the Society of Australian Systematic Biologists

35

Professor Phil Garnock-Jones

Sept 2012

Perth, WA

Local knowledge, global delivery

34

153:24-25

Bruce Maslin
"A Nancy Burbidge Memorial Speech"

153: 25-30

Nov 2011

Melbourne (not held with conference)

33

149: 2-14

July 2011

Melbourne Convention Centre

Part of 'International Botanical Congress', IBC

IBC

No associated AGM

Professor Michael Crisp “Evolution of the Australian Flora”
July 2011, part of IBC

Nov-Dec
2010

Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand

Systematic botany across the ditch: links between
Australia and New Zealand

New Zealand Plant Radiation Network

32

144: 2-15

Dec 2009

Armidale

Systematic botany: from science to society

31

141: 3-13

Sep-Oct 2008

Adelaide

Systematics in a changing environment

30

136: 2-12

S.D. Hopper (Old Australian landscapes yield new perspectives on biodiversity evolution and conservation)

136: 15-16 (Abstract)

Sep 2007

Darwin

Australian Plant Taxonomy

29

133: 1-13

Nov 2006

Cairns

Plant Diversity in the Tropics

No associated AGM

Mar 2006

Canberra (not held with conference)

28

126: 1-16

Nov 2005

Brisbane

Plant Systematics in Australia - Where is it Going?

No associated AGM

May 2005

Sydney

27

123: 2-14

Jul 2004

Canberra

Handbook on Families of Australian Vascular Plants

26

119: 1

Sep-Oct 2003

Melbourne

150 Years of Systematic Botany in Australia

25

117: 1-13

R.S. Hill (Fire, air, water and earth: elemental evolution of the Australian flora)

Sep 2002

Adelaide

Australian Institute of Biology conference: "Evolution of the Australian Biota"

24

113: 3-11

Sep 2001

Sydney

Flora Malesiana (International meeting)

23

109: 1-11

J.G. West (Future directions of systematics in Australia)

Jun 2000

Sydney

Roderick Page workshop on Historical Associations

22

104: 1-12

Dec 1999

Perth

Dampier 300

SASB

21

101: 3-14

A.H. Burbidge (Conservation of the biota of the megadiverse South-West Botanical Province of Western Australia)